Evangelina Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Em][D][G][D][G]

[Verse 1]
And I dream in [Em]the morn
[D]ing
That she brings me wa[G]ter
And I dream in the [A]evening
That she brings me [D]wine

[Verse 2]
Just a poor [G]man's [C]daughter
From [D]Puerto [G]Peñ[D]asc[G]o
South of [D]the border
In old Mexico
[G]

[Verse 3]
There's a great [D]hot deser[Em]t[D]
South [G]of Mexicali
And if you don't [Bm]got w[A]ater
Then you'd better not go
[D]

[Verse 4]
Tequila won't [G]get [D]you[C]
Across [D]that [G]desert
[D]To Evangelina
In old Mexico
[G][D][G]

[Verse 5]
And the [Bm]fire I feel for [C]the
woman I love is drivin' me insane
[G]Knowin' she's waitin'[D]
and I can't get [G]there[Em]

[Verse 6]
[Bm]God only knows that [C]I
wracked my brain
To try and find [D]a way [G]to reach that woman
[D]In old Mexico[G]

[Interlude 1]
[Em][D][G]
And I met [D]a kind

[Verse 7]
[Em]man[D]
He guarded the bor[G]der[D]
[G]He said, "You don't need pap[A]ers
I'll let [D]you go

[Verse 8]
[D]
I can tell that you love [G]her[C]
By the look in [D]your eye[G]s n[D]ow"
[G]She's the rose of the[D] desert
Of old Mexico
[G][D]

[Verse 9]
[G][D]
And [Bm]the fire I feel for [C]the woman
I love is drivin' [Bm]me i[D]nsane
[G]Knowin' she's waitin'[D]
and I can[Am]'t get th[G]ere

[Verse 10]
[Bm]God only knows that [C]I wracked my brain
To try and find [D]a way [G]to
reach that [D]woman
In old Mexico
[G]

[Verse 11]
And I dream in the morn[Em]ing[D]
That she brings me wa[G]ter
And I dream in the [A]evening
That she brings me [D]wine

[Verse 12]
Just a poor man's [G]daughter[C]
From [D]Puerto [G]Peñ[D]asc[G]o
South of the [D]border
In old Mexico
[G]

[Verse 13]
Evan[D]gelina
I miss you so
[G][D][G][C][G]